Re: dynlist groups not usable in ACLs?

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

DRVTiny wrote:
> OpenLDAP 2.4.39, amd64, debian 7
> When i use the group with only static members in  "by
> group/groupOfNames/member" clause - all works perfectly
> But when i'm trying  to use in ACL definition dynamic members in 1:1
> identicaly group - it doesnt work at all and in slapd debug output i see:
> ---
> 530b1a22 dnMatch -40
>       "dc=ru"
>       "uid=konovalov-aa,ou=people,dc=svc,dc=ot,dc=ru"
> ---
> where "dc=ru" is one static member of this group (all others is dynamic
> members and it is not compared to
> "uid=konovalov-aa,ou=people,dc=svc,dc=ot,dc=ru" at all).
>
> It is very strange behavior, because official documentation says that:
>
> ---
> Dynamic Groups are also supported in Access Control. Please see
> slapo-dynlist(5) and the Dynamic Lists overlay section.
> ---
>
> Any comments? Can i use dynlist'ed groups in OpenLDAP ACL?

Yes, you can. But you cannot use group/groupOfNames for a dynamic group. This 
is already documented in the manpage.

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